The South Hamilton Hawks wrestling team returned to action on Thursday night, as the made the trip south in to Dallas County to compete in a Heart of Iowa Conference tri-dual with the Perry Bluejays and the West Marshall Trojans.
South Hamilton opened the night with the Trojans of West Marshall, which saw the Hawks jump out to a 16-6 lead behind pins from Sam Fink (175) and Graham Peters (190), as well as a Keyton Remsburg (157) major decision (16-8). However, forfeit wins and pins for West Marshall dominated the remainder of the dual as West Marshall took home a 66-16 win.
The Hawks would then face the host Bluejays to end the night, as Perry jumped out to a 23-0 advantage. Braden Young got the Hawks on the board win a pin at 150,while Keyton Remsburg also got a pin at 157. Jonathan O’Neal picked up a forfeit win at 165, before Sam Fink pinned Andy Ochoa at 175 to make the score 24-23. But the lead wouldn’t last long as Perry won the final 3 matches to take a 41-24 win.
South Hamilton wrestling returns to action on Saturday, when they compete in the Jim Kinyon Invitational at Roland-Story High School in Story City.